Position:
Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University
Location:
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
Work:
Case Western Reserve University
since Aug 2009
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Research Associate
University of Florida
Aug 2004 - Mar 2009
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Graduate Research Assistant
Education:
University of Florida College of Medicine 2004 - 2009
Ph.D., Pharmacology and PhysiologyResearch focused on the mechanism of leptin and leptin receptor signaling in the regulation of body weight. Studies utilized leptin receptor antagonist and soluble leptin receptor to block central leptin action and demonstrated the importance of leptin in counteracting high-fat feeding.
Results were presented at national conferences and published in three articles in international journals.
Fudan University 2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences
Shanghai Foreign Language School 1993 - 2000
Highschool
Skills:
In vivo pharmacology, obesity and neuropeptides, depression and sleep, dose-response study, radioimmunoassay (RIA)